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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

Laura Toscano

Social Entrepreneurship @ UVA
Associate Director
Charlottesville, Virginia

I've worked in social enterprise in Washington, DC for the past 15 years, and now that I've happily relocated to Charlottesville, I work at UVA advising students on social entrepreneurship.

I'm interested in the way the food landscape is evolving; how we can integrate makerspaces and art into entrepreneurship; and how we can grow to see the university and its resources as part of Charlottesville, not separate from the community.

5:00pm EDT

Community Potluck, hosted with the IX Art ParkNow Open IX Art ParkIx Art Park

7:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Cville Gives Grant NightNow Open Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen & BreweryPosner Wealth Management

6:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Charlottesville Identity & Design CompetitionNow Open Jefferson School African American Heritage CenterBushman Dreyfus Architects

12:00pm EDT

Youth Summit: MakervilleNow Open IX Art ParkUVA Curry School of Education • ReinventED Lab

3:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Gutenberg: The Future of WordPressFull Studio IXTodd Wickersty • Page Wood • StoryWare

4:30pm EDT

Rivanna River Clean Up Rivanna River Company

7:00pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch NightNow Open The Jefferson TheateriLab • Citizen Burger Bar • Community Investment Collaborative • UVA Community Credit Union

9:00am EDT

Changes in Appetite: Pathbreaking Food BusinessesAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthCullen Gilchrist • Melody Koh • Christina Liva • Bryan Myers

10:30am EDT

Partner Event: Affordable Housing in High Growth Small CitiesFull Water Street CenterLisa Sturtevant • Michelle Allen • William Huang • Rhoda Stauffer • Urban Land Virginia Institute

12:00pm EDT

Just Eat: The Future of FoodNow Open The Paramount TheaterJane Black • Greg Asbed • Melody Barnes • Seth Goldman • Beyond Meat

2:00pm EDT

Freelancing: A Survival Guide to the Future of WorkAlmost Full Welcome GalleryJohn Reinhold • Ace Callwood • Anna Payne-Fife • Jeff Tennery • Claire Wasserman • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:30pm EDT

Roundtable: Revitalizing Main StreetAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall SouthWinona Dimeo-Edgar • Ric Cavender • Becky Ceperley • Juanita Hardy • Mona El Khafif • Johnny Magdaleno • Hana Passen • Melody Warnick

4:45pm EDT

Charlottesville Open Data Competition Winner Presentations Violet Crown - Theater 5

8:00am EDT

Clean Energy Coffee and Networking Violet Crown CharlottesvilleSun Tribe Solar

9:00am EDT

Founding Stories - GRIT: Overcoming AdversityNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Mark Brzezinski • Bradford Manning • Leland Melvin • Bryan Smith • Mark Warner • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

10:30am EDT

A Better Startup Ecosystem for Student FoundersNow Open Old Metropolitan HallLaura Brogdon-Primavera • Hack Cville • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

12:00pm EDT

Community Luncheon: Honoring Black America in the Public RealmNow Open The Jefferson TheaterGayle Jessup White • Brent Leggs • Eto Otitigbe • Levar Stoney • Office for Diversity and Equity

2:00pm EDT

Master Class: The Creative CurveAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthAllen Gannett • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:00pm EDT

Founding Stories - PURPOSE: Founding for ImpactNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Zac Bookman • Renee Diresta • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

7:00am EDT

Saturday Morning Market Charlottesville City MarketCharlottesville Parks & Recreation

2:00pm EDT

Koda & the Drunken Allstars - Southern Rock Emancipation Park